Most people who use the Home Edition of Windows 10 and 11 are unlikely to be aware that their computer also comes with a Microsoft encryption tool. On many computers, it’s even activated by default.

Encrypting your system’s hard drive is a great way to protect your laptop if it ever gets stolen. During the encryption process, readable data (aka plain text) is converted into unreadable character ...

Sun is offering to give away its encryption key management software interface for nothing. Customers with devices that encrypt data will be able to interoperate with a Sun key management system freely ...

When it comes to encrypting files on your computer, there are numerous options to choose from. However, my favorite is ...

One reasonable solution system builders can incorporate into their systems during rollouts or as an add-on sale for securing sensitive data is Addonics&' Saturn Cipher Mobile Rack Kit. The ...

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When the IBM PC was new, I served as the president of the San Francisco PC User Group for three years. That’s how I met PCMag’s editorial team, who brought me on board in 1986. In the years since that ...

Last week, a video by security researcher StackSmashing demonstrated an exploit that could break Microsoft's BitLocker drive encryption in "less than 50 seconds" using a custom PCB and a Raspberry Pi ...

A new security audit has found critical vulnerabilities in VeraCrypt, an open-source, full-disk encryption program that’s the direct successor of the widely popular, but now defunct, TrueCrypt. Users ...